as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
in that climate of fear, an accusation alone was presumptive evidence of guilt
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Recent Examples of presumptive
His youngest son, 21-year-old Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, is the presumptive heir because sons take precedence over daughters.
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Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, the youngest of the king’s children, is the presumptive heir because sons take precedence in Thailand's line of succession.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
The presumptive frontrunner in the GOP contest is Bobby Charles, an attorney and former Navy intelligence officer.
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The Npr Network,
NPR,
9 June 2026
On the Democratic side, the presumptive nominee is Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and the former harbormaster of Sullivan, Maine.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for presumptive
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, the youngest of the king’s children, is the presumptive heir because sons take precedence in Thailand's line of succession.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
The presumptive frontrunner in the GOP contest is Bobby Charles, an attorney and former Navy intelligence officer.
—
The Npr Network,
NPR,
9 June 2026
On the Democratic side, the presumptive nominee is Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and the former harbormaster of Sullivan, Maine.
—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for presumptive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumptive
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Completing their sentences with what sounds plausible is not preservation.
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There are plausible performance reasons why the Norwegian football team shipped around 1,276 pounds or 580 kilograms of food from its country to its temporary headquarters at Greensboro, North Carolina, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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The growing pile of credible critics is a direct challenge to that thesis.
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And where keeping a credible open option does demand serious compute, that is precisely the kind of public good worth paying for.
Adjective
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Verbeek also has lost four key defensemen — captain Radko Gudas, Jacob Trouba, John Carlson and Olen Zellweger — in the past month while adding only journeyman Nick Jensen as a probable replacement.
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Lowe’s matchup is arguably the best for hitting a home run on Saturday’s MLB slate, given the sample sizes of the probable pitchers.
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“Presumptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumptive. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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